I would love a lamb burger…can i be the redhead with you? dammit frenchie i come in here for oomph to go get some lifitng done and end up hungry…dammit:)
lil biased, gotta plug the 5/3/1 for powerlifting that came out recently…
ok but seriously, youve made progress over the summer and made progress on 5/3/1 in the past. 7 weeks is plenty of time to get ready for a meet.
or even just one finger under the bar for your front squats. when i first started doing them i could get my longest finger just a little bit under the bar and that was all. spent some time gently stretching my fingers back and my wrists back and over the next few weeks could get a couple more in there. now (after a year or so) i can wrap my whole hand around - but took a fair while to get to be able to do that comfortably. more important to have your elbows up than your fingers under (the bar should balance okay on your delts without any fingers at all, even.
I need to see if I can add some weight to the bar from June. Not doing them if its status quo.
goals. i guess that is what is important along with the intensity thing. doesn’t matter so much (but probably better as you say) about the program so long as you train with intensity and passion because you know where it is you want to go.
summer. bitch. so jealous. freezing my ass off down here.
It’s always a struggle to prioritise those small but significant decisions, especially if you want balance. I want the weights to go up but I also want the “WANT” to workout.
I think you made the right decision slotting in some fun stuff as well. Summer doesn’t stick around, well unless you live in Hawaii. Enjoy the seasons as they come. Hope your ‘veg’ day went nice and horizontal.
Frenchie, I’m glad you decided to stick with 5/3/1 to get ready for the meet. I read your posts about 5/3/1 vs. Sheiko vs. something else the other day and was going to comment, but hadn’t had the time to sit down and write the epic post that it may or may not have turned into. It sounds like you’ve got things decided, but Imma still throw in my two cents.
I know that you’re not a program girl and like to be able to train intuitively, and although I AM a program girl, I feel ya on that. Sometimes I simply don’t want to do what I’m supposed to on a certain day, or I feel like crap and can’t/don’t want to hit what I’m supposed to. And that’s why I keep my programs flexible. Most of the time I can change up my accessory work, tweak my numbers, or alter the number of sets/reps based on how I am feeling.
I get the impression that you (and maybe others) hear “program” and think of something that is very rigid and unchangeable. And, although some are set up that way, they really don’t have to. I think of a program as a plan, a map if you will, to get me from Point A to Point B. It helps me know if I’m on track and allows me to later go back and see what did that worked, what didn’t work, or even what I did that got me hurt. I may not adhere to it 100% all the time but it serves as a good outline.
Training should always be enjoyable. (we do this stuff for ourselves, so what’s the point if we aren’t enjoying it) BUT if you’re competing there are times when you just have to get into the gym and do what you gotta do even if its not exactly what you want to do.
I know that you’ve been having some trouble with your bench lately and I think this is one of the areas where a program can really come in handy. You know, set up plan of attack, do it, PR, reevaluate. You’ve got plenty of time between now and October to get things straightened out and still have lots of fun, whether its in the gym or out hiking in the woods 
I think 5/3/1 will work well for you. It will give you that outline for progress, but you’ll still have a lot of freedom. I have no doubt in my mind that you will absolutely kill it in October if that’s what you set out to do.
^Basically what I said like 20 posts back, but with more thought put into it
I have a feeling your plan will pay big in October.
LOVE THE MEME BACK ON PAGE TWENTY FOUR~!!!
Greg - a couple of fingers rather than the whole hand… duh! a girl should have thought of that 
Brute - only issue with lamb burgers is that my place STILL smells of it today. fuck.
Bear - ok. no panic.
alex - I have a feeling in 5 months I’ll be the one saying biatch on the weather.
MT - fab veg day with a massive brunch on a sidewalk cafe with french toast, sausage, ham AND BACON!! later went for a swim and a BBQ at the bro’s where I made havoc with my little cookie face. perfect day.
BG - I appreciate you taking the time to write your comment, and I should view programs as a little more fluid rather than “homework”. You’ll be proud to no know I took your advice to heart and got the job done today.
Mim - I know 'tis cool. short and sweet got the job done too.
Joe - Now I cannot disapoint your feeling. Must work double hard.
Hallowed - glad you like it, totally inspired by HallowedMemes.
Bastardized version 5/3/1 'till August.
foam roll
retard frog stretches
body squats 2x10
wall squats 2x10
and obviously Squatz:
barx8
95x8
115x5
135x5
155x5
165x5
175x5 - rep PR +3
155x5
135x8
115x8
Happy with my PR but saw the vid and thought: “fuck! where did all my training go! I am NOT sitting back. I am NOT pushing me knees out. I am NOT keeping my chest up…” It seems that when the going gets tough I revert back to instinct which is sink quickly and get that bar up by any means necessary including some ugly goodmornings. No Bueno. Hence why I dropped the weight and worked on form.
Treadmill 30 mins, 7% incline, 3mph. I will master that mountain. I am a mountain Master
vids to come when uploaded.
the only good thing about this vid are the shorts.
and here’s my last set with less weight thinking through the form.
I am NOT arching my lower back either… I’m going to pull my hair out and sulk now…
To answer your question a few pages back, I start getting serious about training for a meet ten weeks out.
If you think the only thing good about that video is the shorts, you’re terribly terribly mistaken ma’am.
Please to not pull out that fantastic mane, Mainie- you’re impressive and inspirational. We all have those days where we leave the gym wondering if we’ve gone retarded in the last hour or so. You’ll be back in your groove next time you walk through the doors.
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If you think the only thing good about that video is the shorts, you’re terribly terribly mistaken ma’am.
Please to not pull out that fantastic mane, Mainie- you’re impressive and inspirational. We all have those days where we leave the gym wondering if we’ve gone retarded in the last hour or so. You’ll be back in your groove next time you walk through the doors.
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I’m just going to go ahead and x2 this.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
Greg - a couple of fingers rather than the whole hand… duh! a girl should have thought of that
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AyyyyohhhhH!
Frenchie - they went down and back up- non?
Most everybody starts to mess up form with PR’s - rep PR’s and max PR’s. so chill and work on what you need to work on and CONGRATS! on the PR!
oh frenchie–you should see my fucked up squats too! Pr’s hardly look good for me–all dirty and just there. i do the SAME SHIT. I revert to squat mornings when I’m tired and just want to get it up. I find they get worse for reps. Until i get enough confidence that, word, i can handle the wt, I’ve already gotten them so the hard parts over up. now its time to make them right.
You know you can get it up and the mind fuck of the wt itself on your back is done… you hold great form preciously, you will get it again.
OH! And i figure I’d tell you that i’m copying your bench program when you put it up because I WANT YOUR BENCH…so i take it you’re 5/3/ one for that too?
cheer up Eeyore…your next squat day will be better!